Galapagos Species Database

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Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866)

jorobado espejo, carita celosa, carita común, espejo, chancleta, Peruvian moonfish, Pacific moonfish

Size> To about 29 cm TL.

Habitat in Galapagos: A rare, inshore, schooling species, of which there are only a few records.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Carangiformes

Family
Carangidae

Genus
Selene

Species
peruviana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Selene peruvianus (Guichenot, 1866) (misspelling), Selene puruvianus (Guichenot, 1866) (misspelling), Vomer declivifrons Meek & Hildebrand, 1925, Vomer peruvianus Guichenot, 1866, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific from Redondo Beach, California to Peru, and many oceanic offshore islands and Galapagos.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Baque, J Páez, D & Wolff, M (2012) Hábitos alimentarios de dos peces pelágicos Thunnus albacares y Acanthocybium solandri de la Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía Vol.47, Nº1:1-11 pp.
  • Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
  • McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Selene peruviana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13544. Accessed 31 October 2026.